basics
What is a VPN?
Understand how a VPN shields traffic between your phone and trusted servers — without exaggerated claims.
Imagine a postcard anyone on the hallway can read. A VPN wraps that postcard in an envelope so only your device and the VPN server negotiate the cryptographic details. Websites still see traffic coming from the VPN exit—not your residential IP—which can reduce profiling on hostile networks such as captive portals.
VPNs do not grant blanket anonymity. Logged‑in sessions, trackers, OS telemetry, or malware can still identify activity. Align expectations with what the AIVPN mobile apps disclose in their onboarding and privacy policy.